Using VST plugins in Reason

- [Instructor] One of the most requested features for Reason…has been support for VST instruments and effects,…and in Reason 9.5, that feature was added to the program.…I have a couple of VST instruments installed,…and if I look here in the browser, I see my Reason devices,…and as I scroll to the bottom, I see that I have…Native Instruments Massive and I have XLN Audio…Addictive Drums 2, and you'll notice that the placeholder…images for those two plugins are generic right now.…

We'll get to that a little bit later.…But first, I just wanted to show you where to find…the instruments, and similarly, if I had a VST effect,…I would just look here in effects, and it would be…somewhere under my Reason devices.…Now, if you're looking for a VST plugin that you know…you have and you're not finding it in Reason, it could be…that the installer for that plugin installed it…in a different folder than the default folders that Reason…looks in, or you may have done your own folder organization…and put it in a folder other than the ones that Reason…

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Updated

10/30/2017

Released

7/22/2016

Learn the basics of Reason 9, the professional-grade DAW, from setup and recording to mixing and mastering. Matt Piper shows how to configure the preferences, use the file browser, and get comfortable with the various windows and views. Next, he moves into recording music, showing how to record audio and software instrument tracks, create beats, sample audio, use REX loops, and record automation. Then it's time for editing, using tools such as quantization, pitch correction, time stretching, tempo and time signature automation, and the Comp Editor. Matt also demos mixing techniques, such as setting panning and volume levels; using EQ, compression, gates and sidechain compression; setting up effects sends; and creating parallel channels for compression. Finally, he demonstrates how to use the mastering tools in Reason, as well as how to prep a mix to give to a mastering engineer and how to export stems for collaborative purposes.

Topics include:

Recording audio and virtual instrument tracks in Reason 9

Loop recording

Creating synth lines

Making beats with loops and the sequencer

Editing audio

Correcting pitch

Automating tempo and time signature

Mixing tracks in Reason

Master the final recording

Skill Level Beginner

3h 36m

Duration

71,893

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Q: This course was updated on 10/30/2017. What changed?

A: New videos were added that cover what’s new in Reason 9.5.x, including using VST plugins in Reason, MIDI drag and drop, and delay compensation.